Where does “sulh” come from?

sulh (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic sulhs, from Proto-Indo-European selk- — to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw.

sulh (Old English): plough; plough, ploughland; furrow; gully

Definitions

  1. plough; plough, ploughland; furrow; gully

Ancestry of “sulh”, step by step

sulh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Proto-Germanic sulhs

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicsulhsplough; that which is ploughed or furrowed;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanselk-to pull, drag; to drag, to furrow; to pull, draw

via Ottoman Turkish صلح

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishصلحpeace
2Arabicصُلْحpeace

Words derived from “sulh”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European selk- →Every word from Proto-Germanic sulhs →